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Orange County Indexed

Livestock mark: George Martin Phifer

May 1815 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

George Martin Phifer registered his livestock earmark.

Kind of business
Livestock mark
Court
May 1815 term
People
The court’s words
“Swallow fork in each Ear, under bit in the right Ear”

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Minute book 9, page 43
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1815 term
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30005, “County Court Minutes, 1815–1826” (State Archives film).
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